Commercial Freezer Floor Construction

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Commercial freezer floor construction.

Concrete floor damage like cracking or chipping is triggered by a. In this case the minimal insulation in the freezer floor became saturated with water from floor washing operations further reducing its insulating value. Freezers are built and floors heave. There is so much more to installing freezer floors than simply pouring concrete and then building the freezer around the poured concrete floor.

Design solutions are shared and misapplied. Properly sealing concrete floors in a walk in freezer protects your slab prevents leaks and maintains usda safety compliance requirements. A standard 8 x 8 x 8 foot walk in freezer when purchased as a package with all the refrigeration equipment shipping and installation costs about 15 000. We receive several calls a month from clients wanting to know why their freezer floors are rising in the middle and heaving.

What is frost heaving in freezers. Types of construction floor heaving effects repairs and solutions. Robert d judson pe. Understanding freezer floor heave by.

It also comes with controls to operate the freezer. Commercial freezer flooring not only must withstand freezing temperatures but also put up with heavy loads concentrated on a small surface. Freezer floor slab design is assumed to be simple. Leaks allow moisture to invade the freezer which can trigger mold and other harmful pathogen growth.

Restoring concrete freezer floors. The pink and black coloring on the concrete is microbial growth due to constant and heavy condensation. As the earth below a freezer drops below freezing the moisture in the soil will freeze form ice and expand. The formation of this ice can cause floors.